Francis� reaps fruits of consistency

Onkemetse Francis
Onkemetse Francis

After cutting her teeth in chess at Maikano Junior Secondary School in Gaborone in 2008, Onkemetse Francis has never looked back. Her hard work produced the fruits she deserves this week when the World Chess Federation awarded her the Woman FIDE Master (WFM) title.

What started as a secondary school interest has given Francis fame. She participated in athletics as a junior school student and only played chess for leisure. But her love for the chess board grew when she played her first competitive game in an Under-18 tournament in 2009. She was still a student at Naledi Senior Secondary School.

She burst into the national team in 2012 as part of the squad that represented the country at the Olympiad in Turkey.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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